40 Bowles Rice Lawyers Named to 2026 Best Lawyers List
Charleston, West Virginia – Bowles Rice LLP is pleased to announce that 40 of our lawyers have been included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.
"For more than 40 years, the rigorous methodology of Best Lawyers has ensured the integrity and esteem of our legal recognitions," said Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer. "It is with great pleasure that we continue to provide potential clients with the pinnacle measurement of credibility through our Best Lawyers awards as they search for counsel."
Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional experience and proficiency and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.
Bowles Rice LLP would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2026 The Best Lawyers in America list:
- Mark Adkins – Charleston – Commercial Litigation; Government Relations Practice; Litigation - Banking and Finance; and Litigation - Construction
- Aaron C. Boone – Parkersburg – Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Trust and Estates
- Mario R. Bordogna – Morgantown – Employment Law and Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Kimberly S. Croyle – Morgantown – Education Law
- Mark B. D'Antoni – Charleston – Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
- David A. DeJarnett – Martinsburg – Corporate Law; Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Nonprofit / Charities Law; Tax Law; and Trusts and Estates
- Charles B. Dollison – Charleston – Energy Law; Mining Law; and Oil and Gas Law
- Roger G. Hanshaw – Charleston – Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law; Environmental Law; and Litigation - Environmental
- Steven R. Hardman – Parkersburg – Real Estate Law
- Richard R. Heath, Jr. – Charleston – Government Relations Practice
- Thomas A. Heywood – Charleston – Corporate Law; Government Relations Practice; Health Care Law; and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Diana Leigh Jacobs – Charleston – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- James V. Kelsh – Charleston – Municipal Law
- Emily Lambright – Charleston – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Thomas Lane – Charleston – Energy Law; Litigation - Real Estate; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law; and Real Estate Law
- Gordon C. Lane – Charleston – Corporate Law and Tax Law
- Eric H. London – Morgantown– Real Estate Law
- Brock Malcolm – Morgantown – Health Care Law
- Peter Markham – Charleston – Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation
- Breckenridge Martin – Parkersburg – Energy Law and Oil and Gas Law
- Stephen M. Mathias – Martinsburg – Real Estate Law
- Ellen Maxwell-Hoffman – Charleston – Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
- Stuart A. McMillan – Charleston – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation - First Amendment; and Media Law
- Bradley Mellor – Canonsburg, PA – Construction Law and Litigation - Construction
- David A. Mohler – Charleston – Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Marc A. Monteleone – Charleston – Construction Law; Corporate Law; Oil and Gas Law; Tax Law; and Trusts and Estates
- Julie A. Moore – Morgantown – Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Sandra M. Murphy – Charleston – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; and Financial Services Regulation Law
- Corey L. Palumbo – Charleston – Litigation - Insurance
- Charles F. Printz, Jr. – Martinsburg – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Construction; and Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Michael Proctor – Canonsburg, PA – Commercial Finance Law and Commercial Litigation
- Floyd McKinley Sayre – Martinsburg – Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Municipal Law; and Tax Law
- Howard E. Seufer, Jr. – Charleston – Education Law
- Grant P. H. Shuman – Charleston – Litigation - ERISA
- Camden P. Siegrist – Charleston – Corporate Law and Public Finance Law
- Amy J. Tawney – Charleston – Banking and Finance Law; Cannabis Law; and Corporate Law
- Benjamin R. Thomas – Charleston – Banking and Finance Law and Mergers and Acquisitions
- Kenneth E. Webb, Jr. – Charleston – Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Construction
- Seth Wilson – Morgantown – Energy Law
- Gabriele Wohl – Charleston– Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation - Labor and Employment; and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
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Bowles Rice is a full-service law firm with more than 110 attorneys serving clients from six offices located in Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown, and Parkersburg, West Virginia; Southpointe, Pennsylvania; and Winchester, Virginia.